Caps forward Brooks Laich, the longest tenured player on Washington’s squad, returned to the lineup tonight in Chicago for the first time since injuring his shoulder back on Oct. 18th when Washington played against the Florida Panthers. All of Washington’s losses during their losing streak and total on the season have come when Laich was not in the lineup (1-5-1 without Laich). The Caps bro...

It took 19 days but the Washington Capitals finally came back together after the Olympic break to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-4. Although the Caps recorded five total goals tonight winger Troy Brouwer scored two of those goals on the power play in this season series finale between these two teams. Brouwer now has a three game goal streak and five goals in his last five games.
Washington has n...

The Washington Capitals came into Pittsburgh tonight hoping to get revenge from when the Penguins shut them out at the Verizon Center 4-0 back on November 20th. Instead they fall to a score of 4-3 and extend their losing streak against the Penguins to six. This loss tonight was the Caps third straight and their fourth in their last six games. Pittsburgh has now won thirteen straight games at ho...

Capitals Brooks Laich, Mike Green, and Dmitry Orlov had not all played together at the same time this season until last night when the Caps won on the road in Winnipeg 4-0. Before that game last night the Caps had only won four games on the road. This trio proves to be the key to winning road games as the Caps defeat the Jets in Winnipeg again 6-1.
Brooks Laich scored his first goal of the seas...

Another successful regular season for the Capitals was all for nothing because the end result was yet another disappointing playoff too. This team needs a makeover, and with the majority of their team signed, it’s going to have to be done creatively by GM George McPhee.
The Capitals may have received some bad news regarding Varlamov potentially wanting to play in the KHL, but it could be a bl...

The Toronto Maple Leafs arrive at the July 1 opening of the free agency period in an all-too-familiar position: as a team looking to be active, but with precious few appealing free agent options and even fewer coveted trade assets.
GM Brian Burke has already demonstrated through his draft day acquisition of John-Michael Liles that he is firmly set in a win-now mentality. But, as the Leafs have ...

After a reasonably successful 2010/2011 NHL season, the Montreal Canadiens enter the offseason with most of their core players already under contract and quite a bit of cap space from expiring contracts.
Despite a good season, the team can’t look at that and proceed as if they have no improvements to make. Especially in the Eastern conference, there are a number of young teams that are only g...

What can stop the Washington Capitals? The team seemingly isn't letting down, post the trade deadline, and after several key injuries have piled up. Nichlas Backstrom, Jason Arnott, Mike Green, Tom Poti and Semyon Varlamov are all out due to injury. But the Caps juggernaut continues to pour it on. The Caps have won 9 straight games!
Tonight, the Caps took down the Montreal Canadiens 4-...

A 2-point win would have been crucial for the Chicago Blackhawks, who were clinging to a 4th place spot in a Western conference that can change drastically in the blink of an eye. And the Hawks put up a good fight, but it wasn't enough to topple Alex Ovechkin and Washington Capitals.
Earlier in the season the Capitals were slumping, showing no signs of being the Stanley Cup contenders that they...

The Washington Capitals beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in overtime. Brooks Laich scored with under a minute to go in regulation and Alex Ovechkin scored on a back hand finish after a mad dash through, what seemed, was the entire Islanders team (bench included)!
The three trade deadline acquisitions fit in very nicely from the drop of the puck. Marco Sturm (picked up off of waivers) had a ...

Tonight's Washington Capitals comeback win, against the New York Islanders, got the Caps back on track to play inspired hockey. The Caps were down 2-0 when two things happened that are cause for me to declare, the Cap's season is back on track.
First, there was Travis Hamonic's goal, a semi-slap shot that wobbled from the blue line over Michal Neuvirth shoulder, and into the net. The p...

When in doubt, draw from past experiences! That's exactly what the Washington Capitals did last night. They broke from a losing streak and goal scoring slumber to down the Anaheim Ducks 7-6. This wild, run and gun game, looked more like the Capitals from years past. It didn't take defense to break the losing slump, it took offense!
Alexander Semin scored his 7th career hat-trick, naili...